We decide to come back by Savannah and spend a few days. Savannah is the second busiest port on the east coast. Tied up on the historic riverfront district, we watch huge ships of all nationalities pass by on their way to the port, just upstream. There were typically at least a dozen ships each day passing by.
This container ship is typical, it was so big and so close it took four photos to get it all.
We used the website www.marinetraffic.com/
to watch the ships travel up the Savannah River and approach our dock. You can click on each ship and the website gives you information about the ship such as it's size, speed, destination, last port of call, when it was built and the country where it's flagged.
We also turned on the marine radio to channels 16 and 13 to listen to the ships' captains contact each other and the tugs. It was very interesting.
There was also this small plane landing and taking off just beside us.
We decided to take advantage of the free trolley running along the historic district.
One of the many squares found in "old" Savannah...
The City Hall from the street....
Savannah was located along a 40 foot bluff above the Savannah River. Here are several views of the historic waterfront....
City Hall from the river....
Some of the ironwork in the historic district....
Colonial Park Cemetary....
Cathedral of St John the Baptist...
Some antique police cars. I can remember when these actually were pretty common on the highway.
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